Russia Gives Thanks
For Railway Mission
Petrograd, July 27.—The American
railroad commission to Russia, headed
by John S. Stevens, was received to
day by tta* Association of Engineers
of Railroads and Waterways. David
R. Francis, the American ambassador,
and representatives of industrial and
other organizations were present.
After speeches had been made by
members of the Russian engineering
organization, welcoming the commis
sion. the Americans expressed their
ardent desire to assist Russia in solv
ing her problems. Ambassador Fran
cis referred to the unity of Russia
and America in the struggle against
Germany.
The chairman of the meeting,
speaking for the Russians, requested
Ambassador Francis to send Presi
dent Wilson a cable message express
ing Russia's gratitude for American
co-operation.
With Fingers!
Corns Lift Off
Doesn't hurt a bit to lift any
corn or callus right off. Try It!
\ .
For a few cents you
can get a small bottle of
the magic drug freezone
S -*r recently discovered by a
I I Cincinnati man.
I I Just ask at any drug
\I store for a small bottle
r~f of freezone. Apply a
I few drops upon a ten
der. aching corn or cal-
I lus and instantly all
I soreness disappears and
shortly you will find the
V corn or callus so loose
£) that you lift it oft with
A, the fingers.
Just think! Not one
IT J bit of pain before ap
lil 111 Plying freezone or aft-
II Jl erwards. It doesn't even
* irritate the surrounding
skin.
li | -|| Hard corns, soft corns
I A 1! |or corns between the
!A I' toes, also hardened
.l\ calluses on bottom of
grw 1 feet, shrivel up and fall
ixf off without hurting a
Cft' j , particle. It is almost
I magical.
Ladies! Keep a tiny
I - bottle on the dresser
and never let a corn or
callus ache twice.
Saturday, July 28th
WILL BE THE
Bargain Banner Day
AT OUR STORE FOR SPECIAL ITEMS
100 $1.50 Linen Skirts 59c 7%,
100 $3.50 AND $4.50 / \
PALM BEACH SKIRTS /l i jl\
SATURDAY ONLY J \ ' 1
$l.OO
$6.50 AND $7.50 SILK TAF- AQ ** \
FETA SKIRTS—Choice ... V
-$15.00 Net Dresses; Small Sizes
only. Special Saturday $4.98
Hundreds of other Dress Bargains too H
V numerous to mention.
$5.00, $5.98 and $6.50 Georgette I
Waists. Your ©Q QST
Choice, vOUO I
50c, 69c and 75c Camisoles; O \ _ I
Choice, for I
Be Sure You Are at Brenner's Ladies' I
* Outer Garment Store Before You I
Enter. ....
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;&aclic a jflasV) Lormbte (outct(j?annenb
A Block of
Alspure Ice
will do more to keep you cool and
healthy during hot weather than any
thing else you can buy.
The daily cost is a mere trifle compared
to the advantages obtained.
Cold Foods and Cooling Drinks are what
nature demands in hot weather.
Drink iced-milk, lemonade, orangeade, limeade, or
cool fruit juice beverages at intervals during the
day. Let ice cream be part of your luncheon
it really is a good meal in itself.
Alspure Ice is the cheapest thing you can buy for
the value given and your common sense tells you
to use it freely.
At a small daily cost of about 10c you derive
benefits worth many times the expense. Your per
ishable food products can be used without waste—
Milk kept sweet for a longer time, etc.
United Ice and Coal Co.
Torter & Cowden Sts.
FRIDAY EVENING,
JUVENILE FOOD
ARMY ORGANIZES
800,000 Boys and Girls to Aid
Uncle Sam in Con
servation
Washington. July 27. Eight
hundred thousand, boys and girls.
Uncle Sam's juvenile food army to
day entered the food conservation
campaign by joining forces with the
food training camps to be held this
fall in connection with the leading
fairs and expositions of the country.
This army is already at work, its
members engaged in the canning and
drying of thousands of tons of fruits
and vegetables which otherwise prob
ably would be a total waste.
It is to these children that the
fovernment will delegate the task of
emonstrating to the 20,000,000 per
sons who are expected to attend the
food training camps, practical home
methods of preserving perishable
goods.
Clubs In Every State
The step represents the first na
tional interest to make use of the
boys and girls in the national food
conservation campaign.
This organization which is eight
years old, is made up of the thous
ands of boys' and girls' clubs, or
ganized bv and working under tfte di
rection of the Department of Agri
culture. These clubs are located in
every state and in practically every
community.
f The boys and girls, according to
plans worked out by the government
for the food training camps, will
demonstrated at tnese camps methods
of canning and drying fruits and
vegetables in the most efficient man
ner.
The girls, in addition will demon
strate methods of efficient home man
agement, baking, cooking, the ar
rangement of preserved foods into
balanced menus for the family, and
garment making. The boys will also
be in charge of exhibits on poultry
husbandry and demonstrate work
with farm animals and how to raise
crops.
These boys and girls are now being
chosen through a series of contests
which are being held in the schools
at community fairs and plcntcs and
other public gatherings throughout
the country.
SOMEWHAT DRAUGHTY
Some years ago an Englishman who
had never been in the west before was
the guest of an American gentleman.
They were riding through a Rocky
Mountain cajion one day, when sud
denly a tremendous gust of wind came
swooping down upon them and ac
tually carried the Englishman off the
wagonseat. After he had been picked
up. he combed the sand and gravel out
of his whiskers and said: "I say! I
think you somewhat overdo ventila
tion in this country.
GREATINCREASE IN
NUMBER OF AUTOS
USED IN
By the end of this month It is believed that the receipts of the State
of Pennsylvania from licensing of motor vehicles will be around the $3,000,-
UOO mark. All of this money under the law is to be devoted to maintenance
of State roads. Figures compiled at the automobile division of the State
Highway Department, show that up to July 1 the receipts of the division
tor licenses of various sorts, pneumatic and solid-tired machines had run
far beyond any previous period. On that day the half rate on licenses for
the latter half of the year became effective and the receipts have been from
$4,000 to SS,OOO a day lately, although they are showing signs of decreasing.
Between January 1 and July 1 this State licensed 365.275 motor vehicles
of various kinds, an increase of 42 per cent, over the same period in tne
previous year, which broke records, and the receipts for same time
were $2,913,837 or 43 per cent, over the similar period of 1916.
The biggest Jump is shown in pneumatic-tired vehicles, which number
over 250,000 and brought in almost two and a half millions. There are
over 14.000 truck and over 20,000 motorcycles. Over 53,000 paid drivers
have been licensed, a jump of 14.000 in number.
A summary of the business shows:
Year 1916. Year 1917.
Jan. Ist to July Ist. Jan. Ist to July Ist.
Classification. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
Pneumatic-tired
Motor Vehicles. ...
First Class 18.247 $91,235 29.78S $145,940
Seocnd Class 142.349 1,424,390 208,393 2,083,930
Third Class 10.939 164.085 12,582 188,730
Fourth Class '. 447 8,940 336 6.720
Free 386 689
Totals 172,458 $1,688,650 251,788 $2,428,320
Solid-tired
Motor Vehicles.
First Class 1.625 $8,125 1,752 $5.710
Second Class 1.149 11,490 2,336 23,360
Third Class 4,073 61,095 6.542 102,630
Fourth Class 1,310 26,200 2,018 40,360
Fifth Class SS2 22,050 1,374 34.350
Free 363 473
Totals 9,402 $128,960 14,785 $209,410
Total Registrations—
Pneumatic and Solid-tired 181,860 $1,817,610 266,573 $2,637,730
Tractors.
First Class 1,228 6,140 1,260 6,300
Second Class 18 360 8 160
Free 19 34
Trailers.
First Class 242 726 849 1.647
Second Class 34 170 42 210
Free 2 10
Motorcycle—
Registrations.
Paid 17,615 52,845 20,320 60,960
Iree 146 169
Drivers—
Pa W 39,770 79,540 53,797 107,594
Drives—Tractors.
P a 'd 121 121 146 146
Free M 31 50
Dealers—
Autos and Trucks.
Tractor Dealers 6,222 62,220 7.452 74,820
Full Fee a 20 200 33 330
Part Fee 24 48 33 66
Raise in Horsepower 1.15S 6,135 1,395 7,500
Transfer and Duplicates 11.247 11,247 16,374 16,374
Grand total 259,759 $2,037,362 368,275 $2,913,837
COUNCIL GIVES
TRUE STORY OF
MT. UNION RIOT
Borough Authorities Investi
gate Trouble and Put Affair
in the Proper Light
Mount Union. Pa., July 27.—At a
special meeting of the council called
by President Appleby to investigate
the mob violence of Wednesday eve
ning, it developed that the cause of
the violence was due to a false re
port being circulated by mischievous
and evil-disposed persons to the effect
that a Mr. Waters, arrested the night
before, had died from blows received
by him and administered by the po
liceman. It became known that these
reports had been circulated that aft
ernoon and the council endeavored to
ascertain the facts of the arrest and
assault and the outcome of the in
juries.
Burgess A. S. Welch was present
and stated what he knew of the ac
tion of the mob the night previous
and there were various officers and
citizens called to' give their testimony
in regard to the arrest, assault and
the mob violence
Policeman Striver was called and
sworn, ant) ?ajd,t{iat OIJ the evening ;
of the arrest he and the two other
officers were standing at the Division
street subway, when two young men
above the age of twenty-one years
drove down the street at a very rapid
pace. There were a great many pea- -
pie crossing the street below the sub- I
way, almost in front of the horse and
buggy, on their way to the Buffalo
Bill show. The street being crowded.
Officer Wahl raised .his hand, as the
team came up and asked the young
men to check their speed, which they
did for a moment, but when they had
gone past they used language which
is not fit for newspaper print to the
officers and whipped their horse with
the lines. The conveyance rushed
down the street and a woman cross
ing the street was almost run down
by the horse and buggy. Officer
Striver told Officer Wahl to arrest the
men. Wahl mounted his horse, caught
up with them and placed them under
arrest. They got out of the buggy.
Officers Striver and Tanney starting
with them toward the lockup. Officer
Wahl taking the horse and buggy to
a livery stablfr.
The prisoners were taken up Divi
sion street through the subway and
when opposite the' Pennsylvania Rail
road station Waters struck Officer
Striver a .heavy, blow on the neck
which knocked him partly down, but
Officer Striver did not strike back.
He then strack 'Otfl'ceT Tanney, who
hit him with his mace, making a
scalp wound, from which, Ixe ,ble4 pro
fusely. They then proceeded up to
Shirley street, when young Waters
went into an epileptic fit, to which
he was subject. No blows were struck,
however, and his brother told the of
ficers to let him lay where he had
fallen and that he would come to
himself in a short time, which was
done, after which they were taken on
to the lockup.
Dr. Gregory, who dressed his
wounds, was called and sworn and
stated that he dressed the wound of
the injured man and that it required
three stitches to bring the skin to
gether where It was cut on his head,
but the skull was not fractured and
that in the evening between S and 9
o'clock Waters and his mother came
Into the office to have the wound
dressed again, the doctor stating that
the man s condition was normal, with
the exception of the wound, which
was healing nicely.
Burgess Welch discharged the Wa
ters boys the same evening of the
arrest upon the condition that they
appear last evening for hearing.
Joe Heidie was sworn and stated
that the Waters boys have a repu
tation for fast driving.
William Stratford was sworn and
testified to the fast driving of the
boys down Division street and that
Officer Wahl had tried to stop them
but they checked their horse for a
moment and after they had gone past
used vile language to him and
whipped their horse and came very
near running over a woman crossing
the street on her way to the show.
Officer Wahl was iworn and stated
that ths Waters boys came down the
street at a great pace and that he
tried to check them, which they did
until they, were when they
cursed him and drove the faster.
Walter Jenkins, a foreman of the
Harbison-Walker Refractories Com
pany, testified that he saw the Wa
j ters boys drive down the street very
j fast and saw that they almost run
| down a woman crossing the street
and in his opinion the officers were
entirely justified in making the ar
rest as there was great danger of
accident on account of the great
crowd of people in the street cross
ing to the Buffalo Bill show.
Councilmen Norris and Rummel
stated that Waters and his mother
, were on the streets last evening and
; left town about 10 o'clock last eve
! ning.
Attorney Hower reported that
I Frank Heidle 111, who was not at
the meeting and not in town, stated
to him the evening before that the
assault occurred in his presence and
that .Waters struck the officer and
| in self-defense the officer used his
; j mace upon the young man.
It further developed that the Wa
i \ ters boys were allowed to go home
the night before on the promise that
; they would return for a hearing at 8
I j o'clock, at which time the officers
. were at the municipal building to give
s their evidence against the boys. Bur
. gess Welch was also there, but the
> Waters boys di& not appear, but
I called at the doctor's office later in
. the evening. When the boys did not
appear for hearing, the officers left
the building and went up Market
street, as well as Mr. Welch, who
went to his office on Shirley street.
A large crowd of men had gathered
around the municipal building, possi
bly for the purpose of hearing the
evidence given at the hearing which
I was to take place. As the officers
j went up the street a couple of small
boys hooted at them and there were
several men. The officers quickened
I their steps and finally ran and the
I crowd after them. They turned the
! corner at Jefferson street down the
; alley by the Luna Theater to Division
j street, crossed Division street and
! were lost to the crowd.
| Then the crowd, which was not a
I large one, stood on the corner and
I gradually it became very large and
j they moved to the corner of Shirley
| and Division streets, and after stand
j ing there for some time, one in a
crowd of possibly twelve men urged
| his fellows to go down to Welch's
[ house. They ran to Welch's house
j and now there appeared to be a
] leader who addressed them and made
• threats of a serious nature, such as
burning the town, of lynching the
police, and one fellow actually had a
rope, and other threats of violence
were made. The mob numbered about
one thousand.
At their arrival at the Welch home
1 several citizens attempted to address
j them, but were hooted down. They
I made threats, urged on by their lead-
MRS. BURNHAM
JAMAICA, N. Y.
•
Sufferings Cured by Medi
icine Recommended by
Sister-in-Law.
Jamaica, N. T.—"l suffered greatly
with mv head and with backache, was
Bvery miserable, as
for two years" One
law came in and
began taking It
and I am now ?n good health and
am cured. I took the Compound
three times a day after meals and
on retiring at night. I always keep
a bottle in the house." —Mrs. L. N.
Kurnham. 295 South street, Jamaica,
New York.
Women who recover their health
naturally tell others what helped
hem. Some write and allow their
names and photographs to be pub
lished with testimonials. Many more
fell their friends.
Write Lydia K. Ptnkliam Medicine
Co. (< onlidentlal), Lynn. Mas*., for
anything you need to know about
your ailments.
TELEGRAPH
er, of entering Mr. Welch's home in'
search for Welch and the officers, and
of searching other houses, but no at
tempts were made.
Sheriff Wilson was called about this
time and asked to bring a posse 01
fifty men to Mount Union, and the
mob in front of the Welch home grad
ually dispersed and went up the
street. They then went to Officer
Wahl's home and two officers stood
or. the porch and told the mob that
only Mr. Wahl's sick wife was there
after which they left and graduall;
dispersed.
Seven Years For Soldier
Who Spoke 111 of Wilson
San Antonio. Tex.. July 27.—Seven
years at hard labor in the United
States disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth, is the sentence Private
Otto Ludwig, third aero squadron,
must serve for making disrespectful
remarks about President Wilson !nd
the American flag, and for threaten
ing to desert to the Germans if sent
to France with the United States ex
peditionary forces.
Ludwig was found guilty by -court
martial at Fort Sam Houston recently,
and the sentence of the court was ap
proved by General Parker to-day.
THE MASSES AGAIN HELD UP
New York. July 27.—The distribu
tion of the August issue of The
Masses has been arrested by official
order. Judge Hough this afternoon
signed an order directing its publish
ers to show cause on August 2 why
the paper should not be barred from
the mails.
Every Kool-Cloth and Palm Beach Is $7.25
You'll Smile at the Heat and at the Price
These are the suits that have sold right through the
%jjm season at $7.50, $8.50, $lO, $l2. Breezy garments that have
toL style and comfort sticking out all over them—The special
j||fr\ sale price is
|f $7.25
JLi Adler Rochester's and Wesco's Reduced
Every New Store, Adler-Rochester and Wesco is selling at a very low price—
We cannot urge you strongly enough to take advantage of this sale —A look at
the garments will convince you that "The Real Sale" of the season is on at
The New Store,
Every $l5 Suit is now selling for ... . $11.50
Every $lB Suit is now selling for ... . $14.50
Every $2O Suit is now selling for ... . $16.50
Every $22 Suit is now selling for ... . $18.50
Every $25 Suit is now selling for ... . $21.50
(Blues and Blacks excepted)
All Shirts—All Pajamas—All Underwear Reduced
Every $l.OO Shirt now .. . 79c
Every $1.50 Shirt now . . .$1.15
Every $2.00 Shirt now . . . $1.55
Every $2.50 Shirt now . . I $1.85 WilXSi
Every $3.50 Shirt now . . . $2.85
Every $4.00 Shirt now . . >53.15
Every $5.00 Shirt now . . .$3.85 P***
Every $6.00 Shirt now 1^j54.85
Pajama Prices Underwear Prices
$l.OO Pajamas and Nightrobes . . 79c $l.OO Athletic Underwear 79c
$1.50 Pajamas and Nightrobes . . $1.15 $1.50 Athletic Underwear $1.15
$2.00 Pajamas and Nightrobes . . $1.55 $2.00 Athletic Underwear $1.55
Every Straw Hat sl.oo—Values to $4
All Boys' Suits Are Reduced In Price
The values to be had at The New Store's Boys' sale are remarkable, both for extremely \
low prices and the magnificient qualities.
$5.00 Suits are now $4.25 $l.OO Shirts and Blouses are now . . 79c
$6.50 Suits are now $5.50 50c Shirts and Blouses are now . . 39c
$7.50 Suits are now $6.25 $l.OO Pajamas are now 79c
$8.50 Suits are now $7.25 75c Pajamas are now 59c
$lO.OO Suits are now $8.50 All Boys' Straw Hats are now . . $l.OO
The New Store of Wm. Strouse
Frank A. Scott to Head
War Purchasing Board
Washington, July 27.—Frank A.
Scott, of Cleveland, chairman of the
General Munitions Board, has been
agreed upon to head a new war In
dustrial board to supervise war pur
chases.
Bernard Barren has been discussed
for this plac'i for many months, but
he did not t'sceive the recommenda
tion of hi? associates. Mr. Baruch
and Juliu , Bosenwald will be mem
bers of the board. Actual purchases
will be made by members of the war
board who represent the War and
Navy Departments. The civilian
members will act as advisers only.
The reorganization plan provides
also for a priority board which will
decide questions of preference in pur
chases by the Government depart
ment. Its functions may be extended
later to give it power also to de
cide questions of priority of purchase
between manufacturing plants work
ing on Government contracts.
The number of committees connect
ed with the council will be reduced
considerably and will answer directly
to the War Industries Board and
through it to the council.
TORONTO PAPERS 2 CENTS
Toronto, Ont., July 27.—A1l the
Toronto daily papers, morning and
evening, have announced increases
in their annual subscription rates of
sl. effective August 1. Single copies
will be 2 cents instead of 1 cent.
JULY 27, 1917
Asks Britain's Opinion
of Reichstag "Terms"
London, July 27.—1n the House of
Commons to-day Ramsay McDonald
asked the government to make a
statement with regard to the resolu
tion on peace terms adopted by the
German parliament. He said he
would assure the allies and their ene
mies that insofar as the Reichstag
resolution was in accord with the
declared purposes of this war the
government accept it.
Mr. McDonald said he thought that
if the government went as far as
that it would find that, substantially
as a whole, the Reichstag resolution
gave a very good expression of those
purposes.
You Can Shake Loose From
The Tortures of Rheumatism
By using S. S. S
The germs of Rheumatism are in
tha blood, which is laden with mil
lions of the minute demons of pain,
causing untold suffering and bring
ing its victim from vigor and
strength to almost helplessness. To
get real and genuine relief from this
disease, these disease germs must be
completely routed out of the system
through the blood.
S. S. S. has been used for fifty
years with satisfactory results in the
N. Y. Man Eats His
Way Into the Militia
Peekskill, July 27.—Gilbert Heady,
of Peekskill, has returned here to
day in a new naval militia uniform,
and proudly boasts that, after being
rejected three times because he was
under weight, he put on more flesh
and finally squeezed into the serv
ice.
He tried the naval militia several
weeks ago, and lacked five pounds.
He began exercising and eating
heartily, and added two pounds be
fore examined for the National
Guard. Again rejected, he kept diet
ing and still lacked two pounds when
ho tried the regular army. After
some more dieting he finally got into
the naval militia.
treatment of Rheumatism. It acta
directly upon the blood, which it
promptly purifies of all disease
germs. It is a powerful antidote,
and eliminates from the blood all
trace of rheumatic germs, building
up and strengthening the run-down
system.
Write to-day to our medical di
rector, who will give you valuable
advice regarding the proper treat
ment of your own case. Address
! Swift Specific Co., Dept. 5214, At-
I lanta, Ga.
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